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Kenya Power Disconnects Power Supply to City Hall

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City Hall has again been plunged into darkness after Kenya Power disconnected the electricity supply.

The power cut which has affected operations at the County government offices for the past ten days has been occasioned by is over an Sh1.5 billion debt owed to the utility firm.

As a result, the City Hall Annex offices are in darkness while the main City Hall and the County Assembly wing have resorted to using generators.

Kenya County Government Workers Union Nairobi Staff Branch Secretary Festus Ngari said the power cut has paralyzed certain critical services at City Hall forcing several workers not to report to work.

“The physically challenged and elderly staff are at a great disadvantage since they have to use stairs to access their offices as the lifts are not working,” said Mr. Ngari.

In October, City Hall and City Hall Annex suffered the same fate for over a week between October 21 and 28, 2021 with water to taps and flush toilets cut, grounded lifts, computers, security, and electrical systems also immobilized.

This is despite the county government paying Sh50 million that month to reduce the arrears owed to the utility firm.

It took the intervention of the national government to have Kenya Power restore electricity to City Hall after the two institutions entered into a payment plan that will result in the Sh1.55 billion debt being paid in full.

City Hall admitted the electricity supply disruption had, in turn, resulted in the interruption of various activities at the county government.